US913550A - Cash register, indicator, and recorder. - Google Patents

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J. I. PARKER. GAEH RBGIBEB, INDICATOR, AID RECORDER.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1908. 91 3 ,550, Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

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IN VE N705 flu an F. PARKER WITNESSES UNITED STATES JOHN F. PARKER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CASH REGISTER, INDICATOR, AND RECORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented m. 23, 1909.

Application filed August 1, 1908. Serial No. 446,400.

' T 0 all whom it may concern:

, citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented an Improvement in Cash Registers, Indicators, and Recorders, of which the following is a specification. My invention is an improvement in the class of cash registers'having a series of movable keys which constitute the primary means for operating, through the medium of intermediate devices, the registering, indieating, and recording mechanism proper. The invention is in respect to certain main features, an improvement upon the machine for which I have filed an application for patent, April 16, 1908, Serial No. 427,380. As in the original machine, the amount and character of the different transactions are indicated and exhibited from four sides of the register casing. In the present invention'I- have devised improved means or mechanism for eflecting this result, and also for giving an intermittentor flash light whereby attention is attracted to the indication of the transaction. As in the former machine, I also provide in this for registering the nine different amounts of cents ending with-the numeral 5, suchas 15, 25, 35, etc., and in registering such amounts it is considered only necessary temperate one key instead of two, as is usual in other cash registers.

I have devised an improved construction and arrangement of keys and mechanism connected therewith for operating the intermittent means or mechanism by which the indicator and register roper are actuated. These keys are arranged to act upon slidable pins carried byrotary disks or wheels and are pivoted so as to oscillate laterally for thus operating the pins.

The arrangement of the department items such as Cash, Charge, Paid out etc. is such that after setting the lever or key to indicate or register any transaction, the same will be repeated at each subsequent operation of the machine without operating the key or lever again until there is a change in the character of the transaction.

The mechanism controlling the detail recording stri is so constructed that the transactions of t e different clerks or departments are printed on a continuous stri in separate columns instead of being mixed up together in one.

While it is essential that such items as ,Paid out, Charge, C. O. D. etc. be indicated and recorded yet they chould not he added to the cash receipts, so in order to take care of such transactions as a matter of record an auto raphic sales slip and strip is provided in addition to the detail strip and the arrangement of the department setting lever or key is such that when it is set to indicate such items it throws out of operation the registering or adding mechanism and at the same time puts into operation the printing mechanism for recording the transaction on the autographic sales slip andstrip, as the -machine is operated it prints the amount and character of such transaction and the salesman pencils the name of the customer and other data on the slip which issues from the register is then severed from the roll and given to the customer while a duplicate is retained within the machine. In this manner and arrangement the detail strip serves as a check on the autographic strip and the autographic feature takes'the'place of the ordinary day book or journal.

The details of construction, arrangement, and o eration of the machine are as hereinafter escribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is a erspective view of the ma chine; Fig. 2 a Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the machine with the front of the casing removed to show section on the line 4'4 of Fig. 2. Fi 5 is a perspective view of the movable b d or shutter. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 66 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a Iperspective View of the so-called department ey or lever for setting a portion of the mechanism. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of an auxiliary means for setting the indicating mechanism. Fig. 9 is a vertical section on the line 99 0f F1g. 2. Fi 10 is a perspective view of devices for lo king the registering mechanism when out of action. Fig. 11 is a vertical section on the view of two locking dogs in engagement. 5 Fig. 12 is a perspective view of devices for restoring the pins of the rotatable disks to normal position. Fig. 13 is a vertical section on the line 13'13 of Fig. 2. Fig. 1ft is a face view of the pin carrying disk with setting mechanism in a" different position from that indicated in Fig. 13. Fig. 15 is a vertical section on the line 1515of Fig. 2. Fig. 16 is a detail section illustrating the operation ont elevation of the same.-

line 11-11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 11 is a detail interior construction Fig. 4 is a vertical of the initial key and connected devices.

and connected parts Fig. 17 is a vertical section on the line 1717 of Fig. 15, showing means for locking and releasing the tills or money-drawers. Fig. 18 is a horizontal section on the line 1818 of Fig. 15. Fig. 19 is a vertical section on the line 1919 of Fig. 11. N Fig.1!) is a horizontal section on the line 19*19 of Fig. 19. Fig. 20 is a section indicated-in part by line 20-.20 of Fig. 11, showing the arrangement ofthe different keys of the machine in connection with the pin-carrying disks. Fig. 20* is a perspective view of the lever that cooperates with the department key. Fig. 21 is a sectional view inc ding a face view of an oscillating cents key 'n normalposition and in connection with other co-acting mechanism. Fig. 22 is a face viewof .a'clerks initial key with connecting mechanism. Fig. 23 is a sectional view showing a depressible key and an oscillating cents keyin a position to actuate simultaneously two pins indicating both tens and units of cents. Fig. 24 is a face view of the movable sectorshaped device upon which an oscillating key of the tens-of-cents bank acts to project a pin indicating five cents. Fig. 25 1s a perspective view of the reverse side of such device. Fig. 26 is a cross section on the line 2626 of Fig. 23. Fig. 27 is a horizontal section on the line 27-27 of Fig. 11. Fig. 28 is a perspective view of a rack forming part of the means for operatively connecting an initial key with an initial indicator. Fig. 29 is a perspective view of the rack and connected parts operating the four indicators for unitsof-cents. Fig. 30 is a perspective view of the rack and connected arts for operating the indicator for tens-ofollars. Fig. 31 is a perspective view of a to portion of a rack or indicating various't'ransactions, viz. Cash Paid-out,

,50 sectlonal v1ew showing tion on the line 4242 of Fig. 41.

Charge, etc. Figs. 32, 33, 34, 35, are v1ews representing the registering mechanism roper. Fig. 36 is a vertical section on the 'ne 36-36 of Fig. 38. i Fig. 37 is a sec tlonal v1ew illustrating the operation of a portion of the detail printing mechanism (shown in Fig. 36.) Fig. 38 is a vertical section on the line 38-38 of Fig. 2. Fig. 39 is a part ofthe detail p rlntlng mechanism illustrated-in Fig. 38.

1g. 40 is a horizontal section on the line 40'40 of Fig. 39. Fig. 41 is a section on the line 4 1,4 1 of Fig. 2, illustrating in part the au-' tographic register. Fig. 42 is a vertical see- Fig. 43 is a perspective view of a portion of certain mechanism more fully shown in Fig. 41.

The casing of the machine has the usual roundedfront and rectangular base, in which latter are located the tills ormoney-drawers marked A, B, C, or with other letters corresponding to the salesmans keys. The roprcsently described.

ecting end portions of the casing (see ig.

2) inclose two different sets of printing mechanism, as will be hereinafter described. In an opening through the front of the casing, at the left, is arranged a clerks initialkey 1, the same being 2 (see Fig. 22) t gage notches 3-see Fig. 2,arranged opposite the letters A, B, C. This key 1 is operatively-connected with the tills A, B, (l, and other mechanism, by means which will be At the right-hand end of the casing, Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 42-a crank 4 is attached to a short shaft 5 on whose inner end is mounted fast a small gear 6, shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Such gear meshes with two larger gears 7 and 8 which are mounted respectively on stub shafts 7* and 8 The function of the gear 7 is to rock or vim art oscillation to a shaft 9 upon Which, as s own in Figs. 3 and 20, is mounted a series of double d1sks or pinlprovided with a spring catch e same being adapted to 011- I carryin Wheels 10, substantially such as employed 1n my former invention. The shaft 9 is journaled in the vertical partitions forming the ends of the body of the casing and in tervening the body and end compartments in which the printing mechanisms are lo-' cated. The pin-carrying disks 10 are suitably spaced' apart, and are six in number. The pins 10 of the several disks are arranged adjacent to the peripheryof the same and adapted to slide so that they may be projected from the disks as required. Between the disks of each pair, the ins 10 are provided with collars which hmit their movement in both rojection and retraction. For projecting t e pins, I employ different series of keys whose operation will be presently described. It will be understood, since the keys are arranged upon' the arc of a circle, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 11, those bearing the highest numbers being at the top and those bearing the lowest being at the bottom, they will act upon the pins of the disks corresponding to their location, and thus the distance of a pin, on the periphery of a pin-carrying wheel, from a certain point, indicates its numerical value. A pivoted spring dog 11 mounted on the horizontal s aft 60see especially Figs. 3, l3 and 14 serves :to lock each pin-carrying wheel 10 so as to prevent backward rotation, while al- .lowing them to be rotated toward the front When as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 13. through the operation of any key or keys a pin 10 has been projected from the wheels 10 and it is desired to'indioate and register data corresponding to the keys operated and pins projected, the crank shaft 5 is rotated twice, and the gear 6 thereon being lialf the diameter of the gear 7 with which it meshes, the latter will be revolved but once. It is connected by a itman 12 with the crank 13 on the rock sha t 9 see Fig. 4. This pitman is provided with a longitudinal-slot 15 in which are arranged a slidable block 14 and a spiral spring 16, the arrangement being such that the spring holds the block normally at the outer end of the slot.- The parts are shown in the normal position in Fig. 4, but, upon rotating the crank shaft twice, the rotation of the gear 7 in the direction indi cated by the arrow will obviously'rock the shaft 9 by drawing the lower end oithe crank 13 toward the shaft 7*, and returning it, which will have the effect of operating certain devices adapted to engage a=projected pin of the pin-wheels 10 and rotate the latter a certain distance. Backward movement of the crank handle and associated mechanism is prevented by the dog 8* engaging the gear 8.

Fast on the shaft 9 and parallel to each pin-carrying wheel '10, is mounted a lever l7see Figs. 11, 13 and 14'the samebeing provided at its outer end with a pivoted spring dog 18 which is adapted to engage any in projecting from the adjacent disk.

oose on the shaft 9 is a sector-shaped gear 19, one being arranged between each pin wheel 10 and the aforesaid lever 17. To a projecting arm of the same is pivoted a comined spring dog and hook 20. The free end or nose of the dog is adapted to engage a rojecting pin of the adjacent disk, and its liook 20 is adaptedto receive a pin 21 projecting from an arm 22 of the lever 17. The toothed sectors 19 mesh with corresponding sectors which are mounted loose on a shaft 24, and each rigidly connected with a similar gear see Fig. 27 that meshes with one of a series of sliding vertical racks.

'These racks form part of a bar having lugs 26 that receive a vertical guide-rod 27 u on which they are adapted to slide. W e there are six racks as shown in Figs. 19 and 27 the front or face of them being similar yet the back and the connected parts all difi'er somewhat, as more fully shown in Figs. 27 to 31. The function of these racks is to operate the indicating wheels, with which they are connected by horizontal bars and vertical extension racks as will be hereinafter' described in detail. If it be supposed that a pin 10 has been projected-from one or more of the pin wheels 10, the crank shaft 5 being rotated twice, its gear 6 will rotate the gear 7 once, and in so doing, the crank -13 of shaft 9 will be rocked and the dog-carrying lever 17 will thus be carried over to the right, Fig. 14, then back to the original position Fig. 13, it is a parent that the nose of the dog 18 of the l ever 17 will ride under any projected pin, and springing outward again will engage such pin on its return movement. then the gear 7 has made about three fourths of a revolution, traction on the crank 13 effected by the pitman 12 will cease since the dog 18 then strikes the pin 11 of the fixed dog 11see Fig. 11. There being six dogs 11 their combined resistance must be overcome-in order to move the shaft 9 further. This resistance holds the crank 13 in position shown in Fig. 4 while the gear 7 completes the last fourthv of its rotation during which the spring 16 yields sufiiciently to allow the wrist-pin 14 to pass, and during this last quarter of the revolution of gear 7,

registering and printing mechanism will be operated which is hereinafter described. The hook dog 20 being normally engaged with a projected pm as shown in Figs. 11

and '13, it is apparent the rotation of the pinwheel 10 will rotate the sector gear 19 and carry it around to a different position say to that indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 14, in which the case wheel has been moved the distance of nine pins, and the corresponding indicating and registering mechanism adjusted accordingly. This partial rotation of the effect the rotation of the sector gears meshing with it, and thus a sliding rack will be brought down thereby operating the indicating wheels so that they' will exhibit through the slots 33 of the casing, characters corresponding to the key which has been operated and to the distance which the pinwheel has been rotated. Th'us,.when a pinwheel is rotated as described, by engagement of lever 17 with a projected pin, the engagement of dog 20 with a pin will cause the sector gear 19 to be rotated the same distance as the pin wheel, and in turn effect the rotation of the indicating wheels as described. When the lever 17 is left at its normal position as indicated in Figs. 11 and 13, the projecting pin engaged by the fixed rod 11, indicates the normal or starting position of the pin wheel for another or subsequent transaction. The sector gear 19 is brought back from any position to which it may be. carriedsay that shown by dotted lines Fig. 14, whenever the lever 17 is again moved to the right, since the in 21 of its arm 22 will then engage the hoo K 20 of dog 20 and thus carry the sector gear 19 with it back to the position'indicated by full lines in Fig. 14, and consequently the sliding rack is moved upward and the indicating wheels are rotated backward to 0. The hook dog 20 will remain engaged with the pin 21, as shown by full lines, Fi 14, until in wheel and sector 19 will in turn the lever 17 shall be again broug t back to the position indicated by full lines Figs. 11 and 13, in which operation the pin 21 is released fromthe hook 20 and consequently the nose of the dog- 20 reengages the projected pin which is held by the fixed dog 11. In other words, the dog 20 is held out of engagement with a pin of the pin-wheel, as in Fig. 14, while being retracted along with lever 17, but the instant of its release from the pin 21- it engages a pin of the wheel as shown in Fig. 13, and is thusagain in such position that it forces the sector gear 19 again rotated.

While the extreme limit of movement of the pin-carrying disk at any one operation of shaft 37. The right hand end of said shaft;

the machine is equal to the distance of nine of the pins 10*, yet the-levers 17 are rocked backward and forward a distance equal to ten of said pins,this extra movement being necessary to allow the disengagement of the pin 21 of the arm 22, from the hook 20?, thereby returning the dog 20 to the position shown in Fig. 13 and in engagement with the projected pin held-by the fixed dog 11 which occurs before the dog 18 can come in contact with any projected pin. The dog 20 is normally held n engagement with the projected pin held by dog 11 by means of s ring 20 and stop pin 20see Fig. 14.

he hook portion 20 of dog 20 is so formed that when the pin 21 engages it the dog is drawn inward so it may pass the projected pin as it is carried back by the arm 22 while on the return movement of the arm 22 its pin 21 in'disengaging from the hook forces the dog.20 outward and in engagement with the rojected pin again.-

T e box-like blind or shutter 34 see Figs. 3,4, 5 and 9'is arranged in the upper narrow portion of the casing and is adjustable vertically as required to conceal the indicating wheels and obscure or close the slots 33 of the casing until said wheels shall have been rotated to the position required to eX- ose a transaction. As shown the shutter as slots that when the same is properly adjusted will coincide with the slots of the casing and it is also provided with other slots to receive transverse shafts and supports for indicating wheels. Springs 35 are attached to the ends of the shutter and to the dome of the casing for the-purpose of steadying the shutter and preventing undue friction with the casing while being adjusted. The shutter is pivotally connected at its lower ends with crank arms 36 which, as shown in Fig. 3, are keyed near the ends of a horizontal is provided with a crank arm 38see Figs. 3 and 4and the same is connected by a pitman or rod 39 with a cam formed on the gear '8see Fig. '4. As indicated'in Fig. 3 the said gear is made of sufiicient thickness to provide for a cam groove therein and the pit-' A man 39 is provided with a pin 40 which runs in such groove, the adjacent end of the pitman being forked and supported slidably on the stub shaft 8*. It is apparent that since the cam-groove gear 8 is rotated once in every operation of the machine, the shutter 34 will be reciprocated once during that time and will thus alternately'conceal and expose the characters on the indicating wheels.

Thus, through the double rotation of the crank shaft 5 as before described, and the gear 6 which meshes with gear '8, the shutter nected. It will be understood that the pinwill be 0 erated simultaneously with the rotation of the pin-carrying wheels through the medium of the crank 13, shaft 9, the pltman 12, and the gear 7 to which it is concarrying wheels or double disks 10 are, rotated always in one direction, but intermittently. Any pins that may be projected from such wheels or disks are retracted or pushed back to their normal ositionby means of devices illustrated in igs. 11 and 12. -These devices are in the nature of wipers, formed by inclined flanges 41 and and 42 fixed on a bar 43, adjacent to lower edge of each pin-carrying wheel, so as to act on the pins as they pass and thus force them back to normal position.

As has been before indicated, the clerks initial key 1, see Figs. 15, 16 and 22, has two movements; that is to say, it is adapted to be adjusted vertically to indicate the initial of a clerk, and it then must be depressed or pushed in against the tension of a spring 44 in order that the machine may be operated. It is represented in the drawing as set in the middle position, that is to say for the clerk whose initial is B, and it is correspondingly keyed with the drawer B in such manner that it alone can and will be opened through the subsequent operation of the machine.

As shown in Fi 15, the key proper is adapted to slide inlugs formedon a lever 45 mounted rotatably on the shaft 9 and havin a lateral extension to which a bent bar or ro 46 is pivotally attached. As shown this rod is arranged to slide vertically in bracket guides 47 and a slot 46 is formed in its up er end to allow due play on the pivot for t is purpose. As indicated in Fig. 17, the rod or ar 46 has three slots 48, 49, 50, correspond- 105 ing to the number of money-drawers. Each drawer is provided at its rear with two spring catches 51, which, as will be understood by reference to Figs. 17 and 18, are adapted to engage the two parallel vertical bars 46 ,46. 110 When the clerks key 1 is adjusted in the middle position as shown, the rod or bar 46 is set in such position that it remains engaged only with the catches of the upper and lower drawers A and C, while its slot 49 is opposite 115.

one of the catches 51 of the middle drawer B. Since, however, the opposite catch is still engagedwith the bar 46*, the drawer-cannot be opened until the crank shall have been operated tothe effect requiring vertical adjustment of the said bar 46* as will now. be described. A lever 52see Fig. 15is piv-- oted so that it is practically in a horizontal position, and its rear end engages the bar 46 through an opening in its upper end. The front end of said lever is adjacent to a disk 53 mounted on a shaft 54 and provided with a pin 55, which, in .the rotation of the shaft, comes in contact with the adjacent end of the lever 52 and depresses it, thereby raising the

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